Biometric vein recognition under attackVein recognition is a biometric that has traditionally been seen as difficult to hack or spoof, as the biometric patterns created by the vein structure in a person’s finger are hidden from view. http://www.idiap.ch/en/allnews/biometric-vein-recognition-under-attackhttp://www.idiap.ch/logo.png

Biometric vein recognition under attack

Vein recognition is a biometric that has traditionally been seen as difficult to hack or spoof, as the biometric patterns created by the vein structure in a person’s finger are hidden from view.

However, Swiss researchers have now found a way to spoof a vein
recognition device, albeit not a commercial sensor by one of the main
manufacturers of such technology – predominantly Hitachi and Fujitsu.

The attack was performed by the biometrics group at the Idiap Research Insitute in Switzerland, while the finger vein device is an open sensor provided by the University of Twente.

Please see below a video of how the team beat the sensor using some
image processing techniques, a thick piece of paper, a paper clip, pair
of scissors and a marker pen.